Cabinet for graphophone records



March 9 1926.

Filed August 21 gnmm ioz Patented Mar. 9, 1926.

AARON HERMANSGN, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.

CABINET FOR GRAPHOPHONE RECORDS. 7

Application filed August 21, 1928.

To all wlminit may concern:

Be it known that I, AARON HERMANSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rockford, in the county of Winnebago, State of Illinois,have i vented new and useful Cabinet for Graphophone Records; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to cabinets for grahophone records and has for itsobject to provide a device of thischaracter, preferably in connectionwith a graphophone, and comprising a plurality of numbered pocketsdisposed in a vertical plane and having their open sides upwardlydisposed whereby a record may be easily placed or removed from thepockets without the necessity of the operator stooping or kneeling, asis necessary in devices of this character as at present constructed.

A further object is to provide a horizontally disposed index card,having numbers and title spaces registering with the pockets whereby anyparticular record may be easily and quickly located. Also to provide therecords with numbers whereby the rec ord maybe easily placed in theproper pocket without the necessity of reading and locating the title.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown inthe drawing, described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a top planview of a graphophone showing therecord cabinet in connection therewith.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of a graphophone showing the recordcabinet in vertical section.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a portion of the index strip memberand holder.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a graphophone of thetable type and 2 the casing thereof. Disposed to one side of the casing2, is a compartment 3 in which is disposed a casing 4 provided withSerial No. 658,564.

a plurality of vertically disposed record receiving pockets 5. Thecasing 4 is preferably supported by transversely disposed rods 6 whichextend through the casing 2 of the graphophone and through the partition7, forming the pockets 5. It will be seen that when records 8 aredisposed in the pockets 5 that one of their sides will extend upwardlyabove the partition 7 where it can be easily grasped for removing orreplacing the records in the pockets. It will also be seen that it willnot be necessary for the operator to kneel or stoop in selecting orreplacing records as is now the difficulty with record cabinets of thepresent construction.

Extending transversely of the chamber 3 above the casing 1 are bars 9 tothe upper side of one ofwhich bars, preferably one adjacent the turntable 10 of the graphophone is a horizontally disposed channeled member11, in which channeled member an elongated strip 13 is placed, whichstrip is provided with a plurality of numbers 14, which register withthe pockets 5 and the spaces 15 in which. may be written or printed thename of the record disposed in the adjacent pocket, therefore it will beseen that the operatorrnay easily and quickly select the desired recordor replace the same. The records 8 are preferably provided with numbers16 corresponding to the numbers 14 on the strip 13, consequently it willnot be necessary forthe operator, when replacing a record to locatethesame by the name of the particular piece but by the numerals,

consequently the record may be easily returned to its proper pocket.Disposed with in the channelled member 11 above the strip 18 is atransparent strip 17, through which the indicia on the strip 13 may beeasily read, and which strip 17- is preferably formed from celluloid.

From the above it will be seen that a record filing case is provided, inconnection with a graphophoneand'in whichrecord filing case recordsmaybe stored and ea-slly reached and ldentified when it 1s desired to usethe same.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful isThe combination with a graphophone casing, of a record receiving rackcarried thereby at one side thereof, said rack comprisinga plurality ofvertically disposed pockets having their upper sides open for thereception of records, said poekets being provided with bottomshorizontally dis= posed, upwardly diverging bottom sectionsing a threepoint bearing for the record and maintaining the same spaeed from theend Walls of the pocket. I

In testimony whereof I have signed my mime to this specification.

AARON HERMANSON.

